orthonormal comments on Spock's Dirty Little Secret - Less Wrong

46 Post author: pjeby 25 March 2009 07:07PM

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Comment author: orthonormal 26 March 2009 12:55:19AM 3 points [-]

Hell, I'm not sure why evolution had any reason for us to know what our own emotions are in the first place, which would certainly explain why we have to learn to interpret them, and people vary widely in their ability to do so.

This point is incisive, has important consequences for rationality, and deserves a post (by somebody).